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• Herman Veltkamp († 1990)
• Leland Jay Vlastuin, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 2021)
• Herman Veltkamp († 2000)
• Yves André BEN LOUNES, Hyères,83400,Var,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,FRANCE († 2010)
• Claas Westerhof († 1997)
• Nicky TIBERI, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 1995)
• Martine Josephine Theo Van Heertum, Turnhout († 1963)
• Anthonius Maria van de Reep, Heemskerk,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1997)

• Arie Monster (53), Zaldbommel (Gemeente Bommelerwaard) GD/NLD
• Anna Geertruida de Ruyter (96), Amsterdam
• Anna Scholte (35), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• (80), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Charles Anthony Wilk (59), Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van Hoewijk (87), Rotterdam
• Barbera van Dijken (96), Delfzijl
• Aaltje [Alice] Hoekstra (82), Moosomin, Melville Census Division, Saskatchewan
• Claude Terry McMillan (63)
• Anna Scholte (35), Leeuwarden

• 1962 » Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer († 2017)
• 1962 » Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1962 » Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist († 2010)
• 1962 » Nico Lazaridis, German footballer
• 1962 » Tamara McKinney, American skier
• 1963 » Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Gilberto Duavit Jr., Filipino businessman
• 1963 » Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic
• 1964 » James Thompson, American-Finnish author († 2014)
• 1964 » Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2012)

• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
• 1957 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1959 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
• 1962 » Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Ronald
9. Willem
10. Pieter
11. Paul
12. Johan
13. Gerrit
14. Dirk
15. David
16. Michael

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Monique
8. Ingrid
9. Jolanda
10. Catharina
11. Linda
12. Wilhelmina
13. Karin
14. Adriana
15. Anita
16. Jacqueline

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
• February 8 » The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
• May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.

The temperature on October 16, 1963 was between 8.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.